Felipe Huaman Puma de Ayala

Incan scholar and noble · Designers · Lived 1534 to 1615 · aged 81

Felipe Huaman Puma de Ayala is read about 165 times a day, in 24 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to September 18, 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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The author on his way to Lima (NC, p. 1105). The text reads: "Camina el avtor con su hijo don Francisco de Ayala. Sale de la prouincia a la ciudad de los Reys de Lima a dar qüenta a su Magestad. Y sale pobre, desnudo y camina enuierno...", (English: The author walks with his son, Don Francisco de Ayala. He leaves the province for the city of the Kings of Lima to report to His Majesty. And he leaves with no money, poorly dressed for walking in winter...). His dogs are identified in the drawing as Amigo ('friend') and Lautaro.

About this person

Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala, also known as Huamán Poma or Waman Poma, was a Quechua nobleman known for chronicling and denouncing the ill treatment of the natives of the Andes by the Spanish Empire after their conquest of Peru. Today, Guaman Poma is noted for his illustrated chronicle, El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno.